Top 5 Highest wicket-takers in the World T20 2016

The World T20 being played in the India meant one obvious thing – plenty of help for the spinners. The opening game of the Super 10 between India and New Zealand at Nagpur was a big example of it. The tournament was majorly spin dominated with spinners banking on the slow dry surfaces at various venues. So, it was quite certain that the top wicket-takers chart would be spinner dominated. And, as expected, the slow bowlers were superior to their fast bowling counterparts with four of the five highest wicket takers of the recently concluded mega event featured spinners.

5. David Willey – 10 wickets:

David Willey, the only seamer in the list, is the fifth highest wicket taker of the tournament. He was quite instrumental with the new ball for the runner-ups England. He showed his capability to snap early wickets and then contain runs in the death overs very effectively. Willey finished with 10 wickets in 6 games. He registered his best figures of the tournament against West Indies in the final of the where he had highly impressive figures of 3/20.